{"id":20985,"date":"2017-07-11T22:21:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate-23897\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T22:21:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T22:21:00","slug":"macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/07\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate\/","title":{"rendered":"Macron scrutinized for blaming Africa&#8217;s poverty on high birthrate"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Emmanuel_Macron_Credit_Frederic_Legrand_COMEO_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamburg, Germany, Jul 11, 2017 \/ 04:21 pm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- French President Emmanuel Macron has been under attack for identifying Africa\u2019s development issue as a problem of overpopulation, ignoring the effects of France\u2019s imperialism.<\/p>\n<p>In response a question on Africa\u2019s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, \u201cit\u2019s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, \u201cThe challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it\u2019s civilizational today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa\u2019s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France\u2019s colonization of much of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/direct\/element\/sous-developpement-quand-macron-sattaque-au-ventre-des-femmes-africaines_67435\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to the French newspaper Liberation<\/a>, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges.<\/p>\n<p>The theory, she said, makes \u201cThird World women\u2026responsible for underdevelopment,\u201d noting its ignorance towards the effects of France's colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that \u201cmost studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/debats\/2017\/04\/14\/francoise-verges-les-feministes-blanches-n-ont-pas-integre-dans-leur-histoire-les-avortements-forces_1562909\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion<\/a>, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>She said that while abortion was still illegal in France at the time, newspapers and radio propaganda advocated for birth control and limits to larger families among African countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor their part, the doctors of the clinic arrive on the island with the conviction that the women of \u2018these countries\u2019\u00a0 should not make children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=9X1b7ElGvdw:8s2FEMWRogM:yIl2AUoC8zA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/9X1b7ElGvdw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Emmanuel_Macron_Credit_Frederic_Legrand_COMEO_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Hamburg, Germany, Jul 11, 2017 \/ 04:21 pm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" target=\"_self\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- French President Emmanuel Macron has been under attack for identifying Africa&rsquo;s development issue as a problem of overpopulation, ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s imperialism.<\/p>\n<p>In response a question on Africa&rsquo;s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world&rsquo;s economy.<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, &ldquo;The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it&rsquo;s civilizational today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/direct\/element\/sous-developpement-quand-macron-sattaque-au-ventre-des-femmes-africaines_67435\/\">according to the French newspaper Liberation<\/a>, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges.<\/p>\n<p>The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France&#8217;s colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/debats\/2017\/04\/14\/francoise-verges-les-feministes-blanches-n-ont-pas-integre-dans-leur-histoire-les-avortements-forces_1562909\">which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion<\/a>, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar.<\/p>\n<p>She said that while abortion was still illegal in France at the time, newspapers and radio propaganda advocated for birth control and limits to larger families among African countries.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For their part, the doctors of the clinic arrive on the island with the conviction that the women of &lsquo;these countries&rsquo;&nbsp; should not make children,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=9X1b7ElGvdw:8s2FEMWRogM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/9X1b7ElGvdw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Macron scrutinized for blaming Africa&#039;s poverty on high birthrate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hamburg, Germany, Jul 11, 2017 \/ 04:21 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- French President Emmanuel Macron has been under attack for identifying Africa&rsquo;s development issue as a problem of overpopulation, ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s imperialism. In response a question on Africa&rsquo;s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.&rdquo; The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world&rsquo;s economy. When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, &ldquo;The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it&rsquo;s civilizational today.&rdquo; He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent. Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, according to the French newspaper Liberation, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges. The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France&#039;s colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo; Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar. She said that while abortion was still illegal in France at the time, newspapers and radio propaganda advocated for birth control and limits to larger families among African countries. &ldquo;For their part, the doctors of the clinic arrive on the island with the conviction that the women of &lsquo;these countries&rsquo;&nbsp; should not make children,&rdquo; she said.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/07\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Macron scrutinized for blaming Africa&#039;s poverty on high birthrate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hamburg, Germany, Jul 11, 2017 \/ 04:21 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- French President Emmanuel Macron has been under attack for identifying Africa&rsquo;s development issue as a problem of overpopulation, ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s imperialism. In response a question on Africa&rsquo;s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.&rdquo; The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world&rsquo;s economy. When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, &ldquo;The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it&rsquo;s civilizational today.&rdquo; He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent. Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, according to the French newspaper Liberation, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges. The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France&#039;s colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo; Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar. She said that while abortion was still illegal in France at the time, newspapers and radio propaganda advocated for birth control and limits to larger families among African countries. &ldquo;For their part, the doctors of the clinic arrive on the island with the conviction that the women of &lsquo;these countries&rsquo;&nbsp; should not make children,&rdquo; she said.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/07\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Catholic News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-07-11T22:21:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/Emmanuel_Macron_Credit_Frederic_Legrand_COMEO_Shutterstock_CNA.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"CNA Daily News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/07\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/07\/macron-scrutinized-for-blaming-africas-poverty-on-high-birthrate\/\",\"name\":\"Macron scrutinized for blaming Africa's poverty on high birthrate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-07-11T22:21:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-07-11T22:21:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/#\/schema\/person\/35d4bd7addc580050842c844a11575f1\"},\"description\":\"Hamburg, Germany, Jul 11, 2017 \/ 04:21 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- French President Emmanuel Macron has been under attack for identifying Africa&rsquo;s development issue as a problem of overpopulation, ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s imperialism. 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The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent. Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, according to the French newspaper Liberation, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges. The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France's colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo; Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar. 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In response a question on Africa&rsquo;s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.&rdquo; The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world&rsquo;s economy. When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, &ldquo;The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it&rsquo;s civilizational today.&rdquo; He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent. Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, according to the French newspaper Liberation, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges. The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France's colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo; Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar. 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In response a question on Africa&rsquo;s needs by a reporter at the G20 Summit July 7, Macron said, &ldquo;it&rsquo;s by a more rigorous governance, a fight against corruption, a fight for good governance, a successful demographic transition when countries today have seven or eight children per woman.&rdquo; The event took place in Hamburg July 7-8, and was the twelfth meeting of G20, the top government leaders with major influence in the world&rsquo;s economy. When a reporter with roots in Ivory Coast, once a French colony, inquired into a possible plan for Africa similar to the Marshall Plan to reconstruct post-World War II Europe, Macron said, &ldquo;The challenge of Africa is totally different and a lot more profound, it&rsquo;s civilizational today.&rdquo; He added that a similar investment of money would not be helpful in this case, but the problem is rather certain aspects of the civilization of Africa. The comment has led to charges the president blames Africa&rsquo;s poverty on its women, while ignoring the effects of France&rsquo;s colonization of much of the continent. Macron aligns to the theory of overpopulation, according to the French newspaper Liberation, in light of a book published last March by the political scientist Francoise Verges. The theory, she said, makes &ldquo;Third World women&hellip;responsible for underdevelopment,&rdquo; noting its ignorance towards the effects of France's colonialism in Africa. Rather, she said that &ldquo;most studies show today that it is underdevelopment that causes overpopulation.&rdquo; Verges also addressed the forced abortions and sterilization of black women which occurred in the 1970s on Reunion, an island and overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean located east of Madagascar. 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